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fang feng  防風
 

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

A manuscript... writing and translation in progress

Present Day Applications:

現代應用﹕

 

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Radix Saposhnikoviae divaricatae

Latin botanical name:

拉丁文學名﹕

Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

 

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

 

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

fong fung

Other Names:

別名﹕

 guan fang feng 關防風﹐dong fang feng 東防風。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Divaricate Saposhniovia

Distribution:

產地﹕

Being grown in northern part of China and the Chang Jiang River (Yangtse River) valley.

在中國北方及長江流域均有栽培。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

acrid, sweet, slightly warm.

辛﹐甘,微温。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

bladder, liver, spleen.

膀胱﹐肝﹐脾經。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

  1. antipyretic
  2. inhibits pain
  3. antibiotoc
  4. antiviral

 

  1. 解熱﹐
  2. 鎮痛
  3. 抗菌
  4. 抗病毒

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

  1. For treatment of: 

  2. blurry vision and headache due to wind chill;

  3. stiff neck and pain back;

  4. wind cold and damp type of joint and muscle pain;

  5. spastic and tight limbs;

  6. tetanus;

This herb can relieve pain and does not create dryness.

 

治:

  1. 外 感 風 寒 之 頭 痛 目 眩 ,

  2. 脊 痛 項 強 ,

  3. 風 寒 濕 痺 ,骨 節 酸 痛 ,

  4. 四 肢 攣 急 ,

  5. 破 傷 風 ,

 

祛 風 而 不 燥 為 風藥 中 潤 藥 。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

 

Dosage:

用量﹕

3-10g

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

yu ping feng san 玉屏風散

sheng yang chu shi fang feng tang 生陽除濕防風湯

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

Use care in cases of blood deficient   or yinxu (yin deficient) .

血虛陰虛火旺者慎用。

 

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